Santa Lucía de Tirajana

Santa Lucía de Tirajana is a town and a Spanish municipality in the south-eastern part of the island of Gran Canaria, in the Province of Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands.

Santa Lucía de Tirajana
Municipality
Santa Lucía church
Flag
Coat of arms
Municipal location in Gran Canaria
Santa Lucía de Tirajana
Location in the province of Las Palmas
Santa Lucía de Tirajana
Santa Lucía de Tirajana (Canary Islands)
Santa Lucía de Tirajana
Santa Lucía de Tirajana (Spain, Canary Islands)
Coordinates: 27°54′44″N 15°32′27″W
CountrySpain
RegionMacaronesia
Autonomous CommunityCanary Islands
ProvinceLas Palmas
IslandGran Canaria
Government
 • MayorDunia González Vega (NC)
Area
 • Total61.56 km2 (23.77 sq mi)
Elevation680 m (2,230 ft)
Population
 (2018)[2]
 • Total71,863
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (CEST (GMT +1))
Postal code
35110
Area code(s)+34 (Spain) + 928 (Las Palmas)
Websitesantaluciagc.com

Geography

The town of Santa Lucía de Tirajana is situated in the mountains, 27 km (17 mi) south-west of Las Palmas. Its population is 68,506 (2013),[3] and the area is 61.56 km2 (23.77 sq mi).[1]

The municipality includes the larger towns Cruce de Sardina, El Doctoral and Vecindario, located near the coast.

The GC-1 passes through the south-eastern part of the municipality.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1991 33,059—    
1996 40,127+21.4%
2001 47,652+18.8%
2002 49,902+4.7%
YearPop.±%
2003 52,684+5.6%
2004 53,820+2.2%
2013 68,506+27.3%

Heritage sites
La Fortaleza

The archaeological site La Fortaleza is listed as a Property of cultural interest.

There are nine water mills dating from the 19th century, built on the Riego de la Zarcilla river. Most of them kept working up to the 1970s. Since then, many fell into disrepair. Ownership may be public or private. On the municipality, the two mills of El Valle (olive oil for one and gofio[note 1] for the other) were declared properties of cultural interest in 2003. D. Benjamín González Araña, who owns the olive oil mill, had its restoration completed in 2004. The council of Gran Canaria had the gofio mill repaired in 2003.[4]

See also

Iglesia Santa Lucía de Tirajana

Public art

  • Lucy and Star Boy
  • El Matriarcado
  • Romeria de los Labradores
  • Saint Anthony Mary Claret

Notes
  1. Gofio is roasted maize meal often stirred into coffee.

References
  1. Instituto Canario de Estadística, area
  2. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  3. Instituto Canario de Estadística Archived 2014-04-22 at Archive.today, population
  4. (in Spanish) José Mercado Soria, Antonio Toledo de León and Juan Manuel Febles Suárez, arquitectos; Jordi Noguera López, diseñador industrial. Rehabilitación del Molino de Gofio en El Valle y del Sendero de los Molinos en El Riego de la Heredad de La Zarcilla (Santa Lucía de Tirajana) ("Rehabilitation of the gofio mill in El Valle and of the Mills path in the Riego de la Heredad of La Zarcilla river"). In Boletín de Patrimonio Histórico, 2004, nr. 2, pp. 32-36.
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